Gov. John Kasich in his Riffe Tower office, located in downtown Columbus. Kasich will remain committed to his controversial viewpoints.

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Chrissie Thompson
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Approaching the one-year mark before his re-election bid, Gov. John Kasich has no plans to back down from controversial stances such as expanding Medicaid and leveraging sales taxes to cut income taxes.

If voters aren't happy, "that's why we have elections," the Republican governor told The Cincinnati Enquirer last week. Kasich said his leadership approach has increasingly involved listening to stakeholders and compromising, but "sometimes you can't build all that consensus. You just have to lead."